Intel Core i7-10870H vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Core i7-10870H vs Core i5-12600H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600H beats the Core i7-10870H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10870H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-10870H that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12600H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10870H. The Core i5-12600H also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.